The Woman in BlueExcerpted from Courage and Croissants, Inspiring Joyful Living, A Story and Life Guidebook
by Suzanne Saxe-Roux and Jean P. Roux
Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming,
we lose the excitement of possibilities.
Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.
Gloria Steinem,
American feminist icon, author, and publisher (1934-)
We are inundated by messages and thoughts from the book and movie Eat, Pray and Love by Elizabeth Gilbert. The story takes an accomplished woman on a one-year journey to find “something more” to soothe her troubled soul.
Many women go through the same unsettling feelings and yearn for something to alleviate that nagging depression. They obviously don’t have the means to just up and leave their lives to “follow their dreams.” What happens is that a woman continues to live a life of quiet desperation; often becoming bitter and angry. Often friends or a spouse may leave and a woman is left to find her own way through the adversity. “If only I can change my life” becomes a mantra.
by Maria Marsala
Summary: If you’re living a less-than-joyful life, the first step is to step back and discover where you are out of balance. Then you can take steps and find the help you need to build a joyful, satisfying life.
We are simply spiritual beings taking part in an adventure on a physical plain… please welcome Suzy Allegra as she shares her story of inspiration in this segment of the “Living the Life of My Dreams” interview series. Welcome Suzy!
Cicely Tyson once said “Challenges make you discover things about yourself that you never really knew. They’re what make the instrument stretch, what make you go beyond the norm.” Susan Mead has done just that in stepping outside the norm to create a life she is both grateful for experiencing and pleased to share with others. Welcome Susan!
Tell us about the path you traveled to arrive where you are today:
Overall, I believe that “it’s not about getting what you want, but wanting what you have”, I can’t imagine a life I would find to be much more rewarding—though like many these days, a little more cash would be helpful.
